Richard Wagner - Rienzi, Ouvertüre 1/2

"Rienzi" is the fourth of Wagner's operas, composed beetween 1837 and 1840. Performed for the first time at Dresden, the 20th October 1842, it was a triumph for the composer, at that time still almost unknown, who, thanks to the success, got the appointment to Kapellmeister to the Court Theather.
The opera was so successfull because, as it was one of Wagner's early operas, it showed the influence of the French Grand-Opera and his greatest representatives, Meyerbeer and Halévy.

Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch and Wiener Philharmoniker

Category:

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• wagner
• rienzi
• ouverture
• prelude
• der
• letzte
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• opera
• knappertsbusch
• classical

[thinkingrequired]

Stunning masterpiece... but too bad you cut it up in two pieces chief.

[neuIlaryRheinKlange]

@thinkingrequired I'm sorry, I uploaded it when there was a time limit of 10 minutes for the videos

[Emimilykity]

omg... sounds like we're walking up and down a pile of field mice from 4:19 - 4:53

[MsWombat66]

Idiot!!!! Entweder richtig oder garnicht!

[thinkingrequired]

@neuIlaryRheinKlange No problem, I've uploaded it too now... but thanks for being cordial.

[TheSascha1musik]

Ein von ihm selbst unterschätztes Frühwerk.

[frenchnicodeme66]

Cette composition musicale du grand Richard Wagner est assez méconnue et pourtant elle se situe dans le prolongement logique de la puissance musicale thématique de son oeuvre et du caractère particulier de son message.

[lucifersam116]

Ich freue mich auf diese Menschen. In jeder Hinsicht Ich weiB, wie eine herrliche Mann, Komponist und Musiker.

[vladimirleninintomsk]

i think all operas which were composed by him is dead beautiful, but if i was told "what's thabest?", i absolutely answer "Rienzi", above all things "overture"!!